Bedstead.



' A. BALLENBERG, DECD.

F. BALLENBERG. EXECUTR'IX.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILE!) Auemz. 1917.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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Application filed August 14, 1917.

- a oisizen the United States, and residing iii: New Yorlglin ills county of New York and Smite of New York, have invenieclccrlain new and useful Improvements-in Bedstesds of which the following 18 a spec-1hcation, such as will enable tl ose skilled in the art to which it appertsnis to make and use the This invention relates to bedsteads and particularly to means for connectin the end and the side rails with (he corner posts, and the object thereof is to provide an improved construction for this purpose whereby the side rails are dstsclmbly and reversibly connected with the corresnonding corner posts by inezms or construction whereby sucli oinrntion may be quiolriy and QElSllIf performed Withont the use of tools or unplements of any cl-ass; and "whereby the end foils are seemed to the correspondin corner posisby simple and eiieeire co: lion, part of Wliioli also employ 4 ing lhe connection of side rai wists; a. still further object being to provide means whereby lilo-detachable side rails may is locked in operative position in Wllit'lifOlldiiiion they cannot be fifiifwiled.

imllfiillfif obiest of this invention to provide so construction or: the class spociiiod r rtionlarly i igned for nsa in connocliozf What are l fi0\==i as metal imdstends. but. which os ASfll in con nor-lion with bedstesds formed from any desired iniiterisit "ilie invent-ion i'nliy disrloseal in the fob "1- lfiho sccomspec]ncaision for ll: Willijll inc sn'ezneni are section 0 inner Specification of Letters Zatent.

Patented Ben. 24, 1%18.

Serial No. 186,090.

side of the post a reinforcing plate 5 which is arc-shaped in cross section and provided at intervals with spaced inwardly directed cars 71 which are arranged in pairs and the post a is provided with oorresponding apertures 0:

I also mount on the outer side of the post a, a bracketplatec which is oblong in form and box-shaped in cross section, and between which and the post is a vertical-spaced, and the bracket plate a is provided with a central, vertical, oblong aperture 0", which is rectangular in form and which extends from the point 0 downwardly to the point 0i, and the lower :end of which 1s provided with a downwardly directed extension 0?; the side walls or Winch are inwardly m-.

olined or beveled, and secured on said bracket plate 0 below the aperture reinforcing plate ehaving recess 6 corresponds with she downwardly extension 6 of the sperturec and pivoted to the b ZIClKQo plate 0 above the aperture 0 a cam lock device f having a laterally (ii rec-led extension projicieol with a chum and finger piece fiwhioh serves as a handle o which said lock device msy or? nianipw leis-d. i

The bracket piste 0 is secured to the posts (a by bolts 9 which are passed inwardly" through said bracket platesncl illlmlglkiilfi apertures a in she post a and through corresponding apertures in Hue reii'zi'orsingfl nlzaie if) between the esrs E)? snoissid bolts are provided at their outer, ends with heads 2 and. their inner ends with'nuis g? which it be'lwee'o the ears b and said ears operate as loci is the nuts 9' and pr'erens she row; tsiion i suit, and iaetwesn the heads of said. lislss and bracket plate corn grefisss ably plscscl washers 5 M 1; From the {oregoiog description it wilr the-i; the plow b i" secmedfao the psss ii} rile bolts 9, and said servos'ss s ir nies for reinforcing said postsnd also to force and. sirengl hen the bracket piste p miioii serves as an sttaoiimem for thersils, 21s liereinzifier described l lave also shown n: h in. the sis-ooinpany 5:; drawing, one of the end; or 2, bed- :Ql and at one of the sids mils, and in nd rail 7; Wiih. the bros at e in. d brooks: :ped corner plats iii which as shown; as

which c is ar through the aperture cin the position shown in 72*, and the end rail a is riveted or bolted in the L-shaped bracket plate I as shown at if.

In connecting the side rail i with the bracket plate 0, I provide a box-shaped bracket 7? in which the end of the rail '5 is riveted or bolted as shown etch, and. said bracket 2' is provided with a coupling head which is riveted thereto, as shown at, j and said coupling head is provided with a re duced shank 7' the opposite side walls of which both at the top and bottom are beveled or inclined as shown in Fig. 2 to correspond with the bevel or incline of the side walls of the recess 6 in the reinforcing plate c and the walls of the extension of the aperture In connecting the side rail with the corner post the cam lock 7" is raised into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the coupling head j is passed inwardly the bracket plate (1 and said rail is dropped downwardly into Figs. 1 and 2, in which position the shank j" of the coupling head the aperture 0" and recess c as shown ,5. 2, after which the cam lock device f is turned downwardly into the position shown in full lines in Fig. :2, and the side rail is locked in connection with the corner post as will be readily understood, and from the foregoing description it will be seen that the position of the side rail may be reversed, ii desired, at any time by simply detaching it and turning it over. i

The side and end rails in the construction shown and described are l..-shaped in cross section, or composed of what is commonly known as angle-iron and the correspondin attaching parts are similarly formed, but my invention is not limited to the shape in cross section of any of said parts, and while connection. of the end and side rails with.

but one corner post, it will be understood that the connection of said ra1ls with all of said posts 1S made in the same manner.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A. rail attaching and lock device for the corner posts of bedsteads comprising a bracket plate, and means for securing said plate to a corner post; said bracket plate being provided with an aperture havinga downwardly directed tapered extension, and the end of the rail to be connected with said bracket plate being provided with a head and reduced neck portion having oppositely arranged beveled portions adapted to enter the downwardly directed beveled extension of the aperture in said bracket plate and a cam lock device pivoted to said bracket plate above said aperture and adapted to operate in connection with said reduced neck por tion to lock said rail bracket plate.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my mvention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses 'this 13th day of Augush lQlZ.

I ADOLPH BALLENBERG; /Vitnesses H. E. THOMPSON, C. E. MULREANY.

in connection with said- 

